Federal judge rejects EPA's motion to dismiss Clean Water Act-related suit from Delaware River group
Environmental Protection Agency PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has denied an attempt from the Environmental Protection Agency to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the Delaware Riverkeeper Network, over the implementation of a specific tenet of the Clean Water Act. On June 1, the EPA issued a Final Rule which largely changed its regulations in implementing Section 401 of the Clean Water Act, also published in the Federal Register on July 13. Section 401 of the Clean Water Act gives each state and Native American tribe an important but limited say in the licensing of feder...
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